# Case (Caesarean section). North Bristol NHS Trust v R \[2023\] EWCOP 5 **URL:** \ **Category:** MHLO updates\ **Created:** [6 June 2023 21:24 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/case-caesarean-section-north-bristol-nhs-trust-v-r-2023-ewcop-5/1632 "2023-06-06T21:24:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MHLO](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/user_avatar/forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/mhlo/32/24_2.png) [@MHLO](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/u/MHLO)\ **Post date:** [6 June 2023 21:24 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/case-caesarean-section-north-bristol-nhs-trust-v-r-2023-ewcop-5/1632/1 "2023-06-06T21:24:04Z")
— "This is an application by North Bristol NHS Trust (hereafter “the Trust”) for declarations that R lacks capacity to decide whether or not her unborn baby should be delivered pre-term by elective Caesarean section and that an elective Caesarean section at 34 weeks is in her best interests. ... This case is unusual in that R has not expressed an objection to giving birth by way of Caesarean section. However, the medical team caring for R are concerned that there is a risk that she may ultimately refuse the Caesarean in the same way as she has intermittently refused foetal monitoring, resulting in her physical and/or mental heath being compromised through damage to, or the death of her baby." * * * Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/North\_Bristol\_NHS\_Trust\_v\_R\_(2023)\_EWCOP\_5?id=060623-2111](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/North_Bristol_NHS_Trust_v_R_(2023)_EWCOP_5?id=060623-2111)